Ryan
Braun is considered by most to be one of the best players in the game, and I
agree. On July 22nd
2013 the heaviest suspension for violating the Drug and Banned Substance rules
has be levied on him for admitting to using a banned substance. While everyone is going to have an
opinion one way or another about the subject and we’re going to be hearing
about it on ESPN for weeks to come as the top story in sports. Today I want to give my thoughts on how
this whole thing went down and my thoughts about the other players that have
been linked to the Biogenesis leaks.
If
you remember I was very against the proceedings by MLB and how they were
handling the whole situation. For
now the question I guess has become do I still believe that MLB mishandled the
Ryan Braun suspension? Yes I do
think they handled it wrong still but I don’t argue with the results. Baseball has been dirty for a while now
and its time it came clean and it seems that we need to do this the league
needs to fight for every player that has been linked. Showing that the players that use PED’s will get caught and
not be allowed to get away with it.
I want the game clean and everyone on a even playing field and with the
MLBPA and the players themselves behind the league it can happen. I want baseball to go back to when we
didn’t see a player and automatically assume that they’re cheaters.
As
for my feelings on Ryan Braun I have many different feelings. First I’m actually proud of him in one
way for actually admitting to it, he’s the first player to flat out admit it
and I feel that this needs to be at least admired. The other way I look at it is I’ve very disappointed that a
player that fought so hard ended up being an actual user. I’m not surprised that he’s a user
since he did fail that last test but at the same time it’s just a disappointing
situation. In the end I’m not mad
at Braun and I feel we should all move on, his punishment is a savior one and
it fits the crime in a way. I don’t
believe that steroids made Ryan Braun the super star he is and yes I still
think of him in that sense; bat speed, hand eye coordination, pitch recognition
these are things steroids don’t aid in at all and they’re things that Braun
does well.
My
final thoughts are simple: I like what Selig did and think that it’s a very appropriate
punishment for the crime. 100
games was to much but this way Braun doesn’t get paid so it’s a even bigger
blow than just sitting out for 50 games.
Braun himself has disappointed me but at the same time I feel we should
just move on and when he comes back see how it goes from there.
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